The Report on The Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditure 2015 presents the statistics on the environmental protection expenditure for the reference year 2014. The agriculture, forestry & fishing; mining & quarrying; manufacturing; construction and services sectors are those covered in this survey. The selected establishments in this survey using a single stage stratified random sampling method for gathering information on operating and capital expenditure incurred to protect the environment.

In 2014, a total of RM2.244 billion has spent for environmental protection which increased by 0.3 per cent as compared to 2013.

The operational expenditure amounted to RM1.365 billion whereas capital expenditure amounted to RM0.879 billion. Manufacturing sector was the highest contributor for EPE at RM1.619 billion. This was followed by the services sector at RM0.327 billion and the mining & quarrying sector at RM0.193 billion.

Three main types of expenditure for environmental protection consists of pollution prevention, pollution abatement & control and waste management amounted to RM0.764 billion, RM0.643 billion and RM0.505 billion respectively.

Environmental protection expenditure for air media recorded more than 50 per cent from the total expenditure for media (surface water, air, groundwater and noise).

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THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIADEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA30 September 2016